Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 39 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 39 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska on Tue, Sep 6, 2022, 10:33 PM AKDT (06:33 UTC), 159 km (99 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 49 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-09-07 06:33:39 UTC
Depth
158.9 km (98.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
55.659° N, 161.364° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.0 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
164°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.820 km ENE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1482 days ago · 166 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.935 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1480 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.714 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1478 days ago · 84 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.232 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 58 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.535 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1477 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.856 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1474 days ago · 51 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.753 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.970 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 43 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.039 km W of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1470 days ago · 109 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.757 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 124 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.772 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1468 days ago · 42 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.933 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 68 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.635 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1466 days ago · 86 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.159 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1464 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.860 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1461 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.631 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.142 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1458 days ago · 69 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 3.032 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.036 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.034 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  21. 1.734 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 1454 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.636 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.731 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1453 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.635 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 164 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 2.745 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 89 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 3.449 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 161 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 1.519 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 3.014 km N of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 186 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 3.148 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 167 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 2.839 km WNW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 219 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.8Alaska Peninsula · 1444 days ago · 91 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.725 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 100 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 1.946 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 100 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 2.038 km SSE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 155 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 1.8Alaska Peninsula · 1440 days ago · 61 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.963 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.920 km WSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1437 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  38. 2.645 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.741 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 67 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 1.933 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1483 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.9Alaska Peninsula · 1485 days ago · 73 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.038 km W of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1489 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.031 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1490 days ago · 98 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.743 km SE of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1491 days ago · 152 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.610 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1493 days ago · 90 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.356 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 84 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.031 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska · 1494 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.244 km E of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 109 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.821 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1495 days ago · 140 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.827 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.130 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1496 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.628 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.729 km SW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.055 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1498 days ago · 119 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.631 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1499 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.721 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1505 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 1.825 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 1512 days ago · 72 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000itp4 (also filed as ak022bhk4inv). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:19 AM UTC.